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Davis RI, Jones LM, Pease B, Perkins SL, Vala HR, Kokoa P, Apa M, Dale CJ. Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia's North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10102175. [PMID: 34685987 PMCID: PMC8537380 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
The Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) is a biosecurity initiative operated by the Australian federal government’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE). It is unique worldwide because it deals specifically with the potential arrival via unregulated pathways of exotic threats from overseas in a vast and sparsely populated region. It aims to protect the nation’s animal- and plant-based production industries, as well as the environment, from incursions of organisms from countries that lie immediately to the north. These are diseases, pests, and weeds present in these countries that are currently either absent from, or under active containment in, Australia and may arrive by natural or human-assisted means. This review article focuses on the plant viruses and virus-like diseases that are most highly targeted by the NAQS program. It presents eight pathogen species/group entries in the NAQS A list of target pathogens, providing an overview of the historical and current situation, and collates some new data obtained from surveillance activities conducted in northern Australia and collaborative work overseas.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard I. Davis
- Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; (L.M.J.); (B.P.); (S.L.P.); (H.R.V.)
- Correspondence:
| | - Lynne M. Jones
- Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; (L.M.J.); (B.P.); (S.L.P.); (H.R.V.)
| | - Bradley Pease
- Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; (L.M.J.); (B.P.); (S.L.P.); (H.R.V.)
| | - Sandy L. Perkins
- Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; (L.M.J.); (B.P.); (S.L.P.); (H.R.V.)
| | - Harshitsinh R. Vala
- Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; (L.M.J.); (B.P.); (S.L.P.); (H.R.V.)
| | - Pere Kokoa
- National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA), P.O. Box 741, Port Moresby 121, Papua New Guinea; (P.K.); (M.A.)
| | - Marilyn Apa
- National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA), P.O. Box 741, Port Moresby 121, Papua New Guinea; (P.K.); (M.A.)
| | - Christopher J. Dale
- International Plant Health Surveillance Program, Department of Agriculture Water and Environment, GPO Box 858, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;
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